September 30

breakfast: 1/2 gluten-free bagel with peanut butter, raw milk

lunch: tofu and vegetable stir-fry

dinner: tofu, sauteed baby bok choy, baked potato

workout: Callanetics 10/10

Three days in a row of Callanetics done. I can see a tightening up all over, more definition in my legs, etc. It's so much easier to do a workout when you see results instantly rather than waiting ages and wondering if anything's happened.

One interesting thing about cutting out gluten: I've pretty much lost any desire for anything sweet. It just doesn't even seem appealing and it really doesn't sound good. Odd.

September 29

breakfast: granola, yogurt

lunch: caprese salad, grilled zucchini

dinner: tofu and vegetable stir-fry

workout: Callanetics 10/10

September 28

breakfast: granola, yogurt

lunch: veg hot dog, sauerkraut, bad potato salad

dinner: tofu, steamed vegetables

workout: Callanetics 10/10

The Nasty Glue is Back!

breakfast: 1/2 gluten-free bagel with peanut butter, raw milk

lunch: split spea soup

dinner: soba, broccoli, carrots, and cashews with a cilantro-garlic dressing

Well, the nasty glue is back today. I swear I've never smelled anything quite like it in my life. At least they're done today, so I'll never have to smell it again. Tomorrow, assuming the glue odor is gone so I can tolerate being inside, I'll start back with Callanetics. I know it's been a while and I've lost some of the results I've had, but at least I know it works fast so in no term I'll be back to where I was at, and even better.

Almost Over

breakfast: oatmeal with apricots

lunch: baked potato with broccoli and vegan cheese sauce

dinner: zucchini, brown rice tortilla pizza

I'm so glad the work on my house will be over tomorrow. It'll be nice to get back into my normal routine. Thankfully, the most-nasty-glue-of-all-time wasn't used today. I don't know what that stuff was, why they use something that bad, or how they can possible handle it without masks, but it was awaful. After 8 hours the smell still wasn't gone. If I had known they were going to use glue like that, I would have found a company more environmentally friendly to do the work, assuming such a thing exists at this time for this work.

September 23

breakfast: cereal, 1/4 gluten-free bagel with peanut butter

snack: baked chips with hummus

lunch: zucchini, unstuffed shells

dinner: split pea soup

snack: baked chips with salsa

Ate today from hunger and boredom. I have to be present for the work being done on the house and it's BORING. Not to mention that the glue they're using smells downright lethal. I hope one day my throat and stomach recover. I'm spending most of my time outside, but just a minute ventured inside leaves me feeling horrible.

September 22

breakfast: egg with marinara sauce, half gluten-free bagel

lunch: unstuffed shells, grean beans

snack: apple

dinner: veg. chili

I'm having work done on my house this week that will prevent me from doing much cooking. So I made some dishes this past weekened to have throughout the week. My meals are going to be quite repetitive all week.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to get much Callanetics one this week. I'm going to try. After what it did to my arms recently, I'm not sure if I should do it this week in case I actually need to use them.

So Tired

breakfast: egg with marinara sauce, half bagel

lunch: steamed green beans, baked tofu

dinner: steamed vegetables, unstuffed shells

I'm so tired today - absolutely no energy. Not eating gluten is supposed to reverse the anemia, but it seems like it's been so much worse since I stopped eating it. It really isn't fair.

Another 2 Pounds

breakfast: rice cake with peanut butter



snack: sope



lunch: potato salad



snack: sushi



dinner: egg with marinara sauce, half gluten-free bagel



I've lost another 2 pounds. I really think it's from not eating gluten. I was really hungry today as you can tell. I haven't changed anything about what I'm doing except cutting out the gluten. The sad thing is I don't think I could cut out gluten for the rest of my life. I know I'm supposed to, but I don't think it'll be possible. I really like bread - the taste, the texture, the smell, making it... I like baking in general. Gluten-free baking, yeah it's possible, but it isn't like the real thing.

Why Did I Ever Think Callanetics Wasn't Much Of An Arm Workout?

breakfast: apple

lunch: steamed green beans with tahini sauce, saag paneer, rice

dinner: half brown rice tortilla pizza, steamed zucchini, chickpea-hijiki salad

I can barely move my arms today. I don't know which Callanetics movement did it yesterday, but it worked them. My deltoids are just excruciatingly painful - I can't even lift my arms shoulder height. I used to think Callanetics didn't do much for the arms or back, but I do feel it in both places today. I was planning on doing another workout today since it's been a while since I worked out regularly, but I can't. Just the first three moves on Callanetics require you to lift your arms at least shoulder height. There's no way I can do that today. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

I Don't Remember Callanetics Being This Hard

breakfast: egg with marinara sauce

lunch: steamed vegetables with marinara

snack: rice cake with peanut butter

dinner: saag paneer, rice, chickpea-hijiki salad

workout: Callanetics 10/10

I did a full Callanetics workout today. It was much harder than I remember. My body is so sore. My legs can barely move. I know my form has gotten better than when I started, but who knew taking a couple of weeks off would result in this? Knowing how well Callanetics works does make the pain seem more positive - it's like I know it's working and it's working fast, so it really is worth it.

Gluten-Free Pizza Attempt

breakfast: half gluten-free bagel, cream cheese

lunch: green beans, sauerkraut, egg in marinara sauce

dinner: zucchini, carrots, brown rice tortilla pizza

I made way too much marinara sauce on Sunday and have been trying to devise uses for it. It tastes great, so I don't mind at all. Today, I decided to try turning a brown rice tortilla into a pizza crust by topping it with sauce, oregano and cheese. It actually worked. The sauce was great on it. The tortilla was crispy around the edges where there wasn't any sauce and soggy everywhere else even though I used a pizza stone. While soggy isn't ideal, it was far tastier and lighter in calories than Amy's gluten-free pizzas, which I find downright horrible.

I was extremely tired today so I decided to put off working out. I know it's not the smartest thing to do, but all I've wanted to do today is go back to bed. All I can think is it's residuals from the flu because I didn't sleep much while sick, but have been wiped the past couple of days.

Gluten Free Pancakes

breakfast: gluten free pancakes

lunch: pasta with marinara, salad

dinner: steamed vegetables

I tried Trader Joe's gluten free pancakes today. They actually look and taste like the real thing. I was quite surprised. It's the first time I haven't had homemade pancakes from scratch. It's kind of odd to put pancakes in a toaster and wait for them to pop up. But they were nice and it was nice to have something that seemed like it was made with wheat flour. The sodium content on them is a bit high so they definitely aren't something to eat every day. But for a treat or for when I'm missing gluten, it's a pretty good option.

Another positive: I think cutting out gluten is causing me to lose weight. I know I was quite ill recently and eating less, but it doesn't account for how much smaller I am. One week of eating less doesn't result in the loss of 10 pounds. I actually think I need to see if I can wear a size 8. My 10's are getting quite baggy. It's so nice to actually be starting to feel thin - first time in my life. My back hasn't hurt for almost 2 full days now. If it's still good tomorrow, I'll start back with full Callanetics workouts. I can't imagine what kind of an impact Callanetics might have on everything.

September 13

breakfast: apple

lunch: bean and cheese quesadilla, salad

dinner: sushi

Wow! It already looks like I'm eating healthier. It's interesting how simply making myself write this down here everyday automatically results in my eating healthier.

Back to Posting

I've been slacking off on posting lately. As usual, the quality of my diet has declined. Granted, part of that has been due to the flu and a highly decreased appetite. But I need to get back into the habit of posting daily, so I'm recommitting.

September 12

breakfast: gluten-free waffle

lunch: potato salad, brie, tomato, olives

dinner: potato salad

September 10

breakfast: cereal

snack: larabar

lunch: mixed vegetables, rice

dinner: frittata

workout: Callanetics warmup

I was told not to exercise until I was pain-free for 2 days. Well, that hasn't happened yet and I'm tired of not doing anything. The pain is a lot better than it was, so I did the warmup for Callanetics 10/10. It was nice to get a bit of a stretch and to just do something again.

Frustrated

breakfast: gluten-free waffle, raw milk

lunch/dinner: tofu bibimbop, pickled vegetables

I'm really starting to get discouraged. I was working so hard at Callanetics and was getting such great results. Then I hurt my back. Then I got the flu. My back is probably 90% now. Because of the area, I'm thinking of trying Callanetics, but I'm not sure if I should yet. But the main problem is this flu. I no longer have a fever, but now it appears that I get a coughing fit whenever I do any kind of activity, even eating. I really want to start working out again. I really want all of this stuff to be over. I really like Callanetics. It's the only exercise program I've ever been able to say that about in my life and it's not just because it works so fast. Yeah, that's part of it, but I like how relaxing it is. I like being able to just concentrate on one muscle group and forget about everything else. I like how calm and refreshed I feel at the end. This is all just getting so frustrating. I know it's only temporary. One day, I'll be able to do Callanetics again, but it's been weeks already. I think I'm just tired of it all.

September 5

breakfast: apple with almond butter

lunch: taro rolls, lemonade, rice cake with peanut butter, raw milk

dinner: steamed vegetables

Lunch was weird a weird combination today. Whenever I've ate for the past week, I've only wanted a couple of bites of something. I expected the same thing to happen today at lunch. Instead, it turned out I was hungry. I finished the taro rolls for lemonade and kept reaching for more. I really didn't expect to eat more than 1-2 bites of the rice cake, but I ate the whole thing and was still hungry. As strange and unbalance as the meal was, it's the first time since last Tuesday that I've ate a normal amount of food for a meal. Of course, dinner was only a couple of bites again. I was expecting to eat more after what happened with lunch, but no. This is the first day since last Tuesday that I haven't had a fever for most of the day. Between that and actually eating lunch today, I think this flue is almost gone. I'm so glad because it's hard for me to remember one ever being this bad.

September 4

breakfast: cereal


lunch: pasta with pepper


snack: apple


dinner: sauerkraut

September 3

breakfast: protein drink

lunch: peanut butter cookie larabar

dinner: extremely small portions of vegetable soup, tofu, sauerkraut

This is the weirdest flue ever. I feel fine in the morning, but by noon I'm exhausted and have chills and a fever. I seem to be starting to lose my appetite again. You'd think nine days of this would be long enough. I'm so ready for this to be over.

September 2

breakfast: apple

lunch: vegetable soup

snack: raw milk, rice cracker with almond butter

dinner: vegetable soup

I'm back

breakfast: apple


lunch: sauerkraut, couple bites of brown rice pasta with spicy peanut sauce


dinner: protein drink


I've had the flue for the past week. It's a really nasty one that's going around. I haven't been posting anything because I figured there was no point since some days all I had was orange juice. I will admit the flue is a great way to temporarily lose weight fast. I'm down 7 pounds. I'm really surprised that it's so much. I was only expecting 2-3.


I finally saw someone about my back yesterday. I've had 3 disks out of alignment. My back now hurts worse since they're back in alignment. The area's really swollen and feels bruised on the inside. Definitely no callanetics until the area isn't too sore to lay down on. I guess at least it will force me not to do to much to fast with the flue.